本色

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (本色)		本	色

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-siak / pún-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnsè
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-sê⁴
    • Yale: běn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenseh
    • Palladius: бэньсэ (bɛnʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² sik¹
    • Yale: bún sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-siak
    • Tâi-lô: pún-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sek
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

本色

1. inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities

Synonyms

• 實質／实质 (shízhì)
• 性質／性质 (xìngzhì)
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 真態／真态 (zhēntài) (literary)
• 素質／素质 (sùzhì)
• 質／质

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnshǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshǎi [Phonetic: bénshǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shai³
    • Yale: běn-shǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshae
    • Palladius: бэньшай (bɛnʹšaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnshǎir [Phonetic: bénshǎir]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄞˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnshǎir
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-shai³-ʼrh
    • Yale: běn-shǎir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshaal
    • Palladius: бэньшайр (bɛnʹšajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² sik¹
    • Yale: bún sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

本色

1. natural colour

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	色
ほん Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

本(ほん)色(しょく) • (honshoku) 

1. one's real character

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	色

Noun

本色 • (bonsaek) (hangeul 본색)

1. Hanja form^? of 본색 (“inherent qualities”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本	色

Noun

本色

1. chữ Hán form of bản sắc (“identity; character”).